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Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers MD, chairman, board of directors and AGM

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Market cap
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P/E
3.5
P/B
0.4
Dividend yield
3.06%
ROE
11.9%
ROCE
4.6%
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Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers board of directors

At the end of the quarter to Sep 2026, as the company filed it; changes since are in its announcements.Their trades in its shares

  • Chairperson and managing directorKUMAR JAYANT
  • Company Secretary and Compliance OfficerANURADHA PONRAJ

8 directors4 independent1 executive3 non-executive

  • KUMAR JAYANT · Chairperson and managing directorExecutive · joined May 2026 · 4 months as independent · 1 listed board
  • DR S VIJAYAKUMARNominee, non-executive · joined May 2026 · 4 months as independent · 2 listed boards
  • DR N SUNDARADEVANIndependent · joined Sep 2022 · reappointed Sep 2025 · 48 months as independent · 3 listed boards · 3 as independent · 5 committee seats
  • MATHEW THOMASIndependent · joined Oct 2025 · 11 months as independent · 1 listed board
  • SRIGANESH PADMANABANIndependent · joined Dec 2025 · 9 months as independent · 1 listed board · 1 as independent · 1 committee seat, 1 as chair
  • M SATHIYAVATHYIndependent · joined Nov 2023 · 34 months as independent · 1 listed board · 1 as independent · 2 committee seats, 1 as chair
  • R KANNANNominee, non-executive · joined Jun 2026 · 3 months as independent · 1 listed board · 1 committee seat
  • N VENKATESHNominee, non-executive · joined Jun 2026 · 3 months as independent · 1 listed board · 1 committee seat

An independent director has no business or family tie to the company, its promoters or its managers beyond the seat. Listed boards counts the boards of listed companies the director sits on, this one included, and "as independent" how many of those seats are independent ones. Committee seats are audit and stakeholder committee seats across those companies. Months as independent is filed for independent directors only, whose terms the rules cap. Disqualified is the company's own mark that a director may not serve under company law.

6 directors who left
  • PRATIK TAYAL, left 10 Jun 2026: Others
  • T ANBALAGAN, left 8 Jun 2026: Others
  • V ARUN ROY, left 20 May 2026: Others
  • DR SANDEEP SAXENA, left 30 Apr 2026: Others
  • P B Santhanakrishnan, left 18 Sep 2025: Tenure Completion
  • Dr M Arumugam, left 18 Sep 2025: Tenure Completion

Committees and meetings

Who sits on each, and how often they met.Board meeting notices and outcomes

  • Board

    • 24 Sep 20267 of 8 present4 independent · 42 days in between
    • 12 Aug 20267 of 8 present4 independent · 81 days in between
    • 22 May 20267 of 8 present3 independent

  • Audit Committee

    Chair SRIGANESH PADMANABAN

    DR N SUNDARADEVAN, M SATHIYAVATHY, MATHEW THOMAS, DR S VIJAYAKUMAR, N VENKATESH

    • 24 Sep 20264 of 6 present4 independent · 42 days in between
    • 12 Aug 20264 of 6 present4 independent · 109 days in between
    • 24 Apr 20264 of 6 present3 independent

  • Nomination and remuneration committee

    Chair DR N SUNDARADEVAN

    M SATHIYAVATHY, DR S VIJAYAKUMAR

    • 22 May 20262 of 3 present2 independent

  • Stakeholders Relationship Committee

    Chair M SATHIYAVATHY

    DR N SUNDARADEVAN, MATHEW THOMAS, R KANNAN

    No meeting listed in the filing.

  • Risk Management Committee

    Chair MATHEW THOMAS

    DR N SUNDARADEVAN, M SATHIYAVATHY, SRIGANESH PADMANABAN, R KANNAN, N VENKATESH

    No meeting listed in the filing.

  • Corporate Social Responsibility Committee

    Chair MATHEW THOMAS

    M SATHIYAVATHY, DR N SUNDARADEVAN, R KANNAN

    • 24 Apr 20262 of 4 present2 independent

Meetings in the quarter filed and the one before it. The days in between are as the company files them, neither meeting's day counted; the rules allow at most 120. A quorum is the least number of members who must attend for the meeting to decide anything.

Statutory auditor

Named in the results for the quarter to Mar 2026.

  • M/S A JOHN MORIS & COPeer-review certificate valid to Jan 2028
1 earlier auditor
  • MS MAHARAJ N R SURESH AND CO LLPNamed in the filing for the quarter to Mar 2025

A statutory auditor checks the company's accounts and signs its results. Peer review is the accountants' institute's check of an audit firm's own work, which a listed company's auditor must hold a valid certificate of.

Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers AGM and shareholder votes

Each resolution, how the votes went, and how institutions voted apart from the promoters. A postal ballot is a vote by post or online, held without a meeting.Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers dividend history

Annual general meeting, 24 Sep 2026

51,591 shareholders on the register on 17 Sep 2026; present: 1 promoter and 70 others; votes counted by R. SRIDHARAN / SRIDHARAN & SRIDHARAN ASSOCIATES.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)

  1. To consider adoption of financial statements for the year ended 31st March 2026.
    Ordinary
    99.98% for0.02% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 3.30%

    Turnout: all 43.54% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 49.78% · other public 0.41%

  2. Declaration of final dividend of Rs. 4/- (40%) per equity share of Rs. 10/- each.
    Ordinary
    99.99% for0.01% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 3.24%

    Turnout: all 43.59% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 50.09% · other public 0.41%

  3. Re-appointment of Dr. S Vijayakumar, I.A.S., [DIN: 01764064] as a Director of the company.
    Ordinary
    99.97% for0.03% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.06% · other public 3.90%

    Turnout: all 43.59% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 50.09% · other public 0.41%

  4. Fixation of Remuneration to the Statutory Auditors M/s. A John Moris and Co, Chartered Accountants.
    Ordinary
    99.98% for0.02% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 4.18%

    Turnout: all 43.59% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 50.09% · other public 0.41%

  5. Ratification of Remuneration to the Cost Auditors M/s. Geeyes and Co., Cost Accountants.
    Ordinary
    99.98% for0.02% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 3.90%

    Turnout: all 43.59% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 50.09% · other public 0.41%

For and against are per cent of the votes cast. Turnout is the votes cast as a per cent of the shares each group holds. Institutions are funds, insurers, banks and foreign investors. An ordinary resolution passes with more than half the votes cast, a special one with at least three quarters.

Postal ballot, 30 Jul 2026, 2 resolutions

50,793 shareholders on the register on 26 Jun 2026; votes counted by R. SRIDHARAN / SRIDHARAN & SRIDHARAN ASSOCIATES.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)

  1. Appointment of Thiru R Kannan, I.A.S., (DIN - 08562787) as Director of the Company
    Ordinary
    99.95% for0.05% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 26.27%

    Turnout: all 46.36% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 58.63% · other public 0.21%

  2. Appointment of Thiru N Venkatesh, I.A.S., (DIN - 06557732) as Director of the Company
    Ordinary
    99.98% for0.02% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 11.21%

    Turnout: all 46.36% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 58.63% · other public 0.21%

For and against are per cent of the votes cast. Turnout is the votes cast as a per cent of the shares each group holds. Institutions are funds, insurers, banks and foreign investors. An ordinary resolution passes with more than half the votes cast, a special one with at least three quarters.

Postal ballot, 25 Jun 2026, 2 resolutions

50,968 shareholders on the register on 22 May 2026; votes counted by R. SRIDHARAN / R. SRIDHARAN & ASSOCIATES.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)

  1. Appointment of Thiru Kumar Jayant, I.A.S., (DIN: 01820616) as Chairman and Managing Director of the Company.
    Ordinary
    99.97% for0.03% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 3.77%

    Turnout: all 45.40% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 52.00% · other public 0.69%

  2. Appointment of Dr S Vijayakumar, I.A.S., (DIN:01764064) as Director of the Company
    Ordinary
    99.97% for0.03% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 3.61%

    Turnout: all 45.40% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 52.00% · other public 0.69%

For and against are per cent of the votes cast. Turnout is the votes cast as a per cent of the shares each group holds. Institutions are funds, insurers, banks and foreign investors. An ordinary resolution passes with more than half the votes cast, a special one with at least three quarters.

Postal ballot, 29 Jan 2026, 1 resolution

52,353 shareholders on the register on 26 Dec 2025; votes counted by R. SRIDHARAN / R. SRIDHARAN & ASSOCIATES.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)

  1. Appointment of Thiru Sriganesh Padmanabhan (DIN:01861673) as an Independent Director
    Special
    99.99% for0.01% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 9.86%

    Turnout: all 47.61% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 59.91% · other public 0.16%

For and against are per cent of the votes cast. Turnout is the votes cast as a per cent of the shares each group holds. Institutions are funds, insurers, banks and foreign investors. An ordinary resolution passes with more than half the votes cast, a special one with at least three quarters.

Postal ballot, 29 Nov 2025, 1 resolution

53,391 shareholders on the register on 24 Oct 2025; votes counted by R. SRIDHARAN / R. SRIDHARAN & ASSOCIATES.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)

  1. Appointment of Thiru Mathew Thomas (DIN: 09688311) as an Independent Director of the Company
    Special
    99.97% for0.03% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 11.81%

    Turnout: all 47.69% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 59.65% · other public 0.30%

For and against are per cent of the votes cast. Turnout is the votes cast as a per cent of the shares each group holds. Institutions are funds, insurers, banks and foreign investors. An ordinary resolution passes with more than half the votes cast, a special one with at least three quarters.

Annual general meeting, 18 Sep 2025, 6 resolutions

53,613 shareholders on the register on 11 Sep 2025; present: 1 promoter and 63 others; votes counted by R. SRIDHARAN / R. SRIDHARAN & ASSOCIATES.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)

  1. To receive, consider and adopt the Audited Statement of Profit and Loss for the year ended 31st March 2025, the Cash Flow Statement for the year ended 31st March, 2025, the Balance Sheet as at that date and the Reports of the Board of Directors and the Statutory Auditors and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, thereon.MoreLess
    Ordinary
    100.00% for0.00% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.42%

    Turnout: all 48.52% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 63.33% · other public 0.27%

  2. To declare dividend of Rs. 3.00/- (Rupees Three only) (30%) per equity share of Rs. 10.00/- (Rupees Ten only) for the financial year 2024-25.
    Ordinary
    100.00% for0.00% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.52%

    Turnout: all 48.57% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 63.57% · other public 0.27%

  3. To appoint a director in the place of Thiru T Anbalagan, I.A.S., [DIN: 10402554] who retires by rotation and being eligible offers himself for reappointment
    Ordinary
    85.00% for15.00% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 55.36% · other public 11.56%

    Turnout: all 48.57% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 63.57% · other public 0.27%

  4. Fixation of the Auditors Remuneration to M/s. MAHARAJ N R Suresh AND CO LLP Chartered Accountants, Chennai, Statutory Auditors.
    Ordinary
    99.99% for0.01% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 3.19%

    Turnout: all 48.57% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 63.57% · other public 0.27%

  5. Ratification of Remuneration to the Cost Auditors to M/s. Geeyes & Co. Cost and Management Accountants, Chennai.
    OrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it
    99.99% for0.01% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 4.37%

    Turnout: all 48.57% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 63.57% · other public 0.27%

  6. Appointment of Secretarial Auditors M/s. Sridharan & Sridharan Associates, Company Secretaries
    Ordinary
    99.99% for0.01% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 3.79%

    Turnout: all 48.57% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 63.57% · other public 0.27%

For and against are per cent of the votes cast. Turnout is the votes cast as a per cent of the shares each group holds. Institutions are funds, insurers, banks and foreign investors. An ordinary resolution passes with more than half the votes cast, a special one with at least three quarters.

Postal ballot, 30 Aug 2025, 1 resolution

53,337 shareholders on the register on 25 Jul 2025; votes counted by R. SRIDHARAN / R. SRIDHARAN & ASSOCIATES.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)

  1. Re-Appointment of Dr N Sundaradevan, I.A.S., (Retd.) (DIN:00223399) as an Independent Director of the Company - Reg.
    Special
    99.97% for0.03% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 11.48%

    Turnout: all 47.82% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 58.00% · other public 0.29%

For and against are per cent of the votes cast. Turnout is the votes cast as a per cent of the shares each group holds. Institutions are funds, insurers, banks and foreign investors. An ordinary resolution passes with more than half the votes cast, a special one with at least three quarters.

Annual general meeting, 27 Sep 2024, 8 resolutions

Present: 0 promoters and 100 others.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)

  1. Adoption of Audited Financial Statements of the Company for the FY 2023-2024, Reports of the Board of Directors and Auditors thereon
    Ordinary
    99.99% for0.01% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 3.12%

    Turnout: all 50.39% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 65.81% · other public 0.34%

  2. Confirmation of Interim Dividend and Declaration of dividend on equity shares of the Company for the year 2023-24
    Ordinary
    99.99% for0.01% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 2.90%

    Turnout: all 50.61% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 66.78% · other public 0.34%

  3. Re-appointment of Thiru V. Arun Roy, I.A.S., Director (DIN - 01726117), Director, who retires by rotation
    Ordinary
    99.09% for0.91% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 2.99% · other public 5.68%

    Turnout: all 50.61% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 66.78% · other public 0.34%

  4. Approval for fixation of the Remuneration payable to M/s. MAHARAJ N R SURESH AND CO LLP (LLP Registration No.001931S/5000020) Statutory Auditors of the Company.
    Ordinary
    99.99% for0.01% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 3.07%

    Turnout: all 50.61% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 66.78% · other public 0.34%

  5. Ratification of the Remuneration payable to M/s. S. Mahadevan & Co., (Firm Registration No. 000007) Cost Auditors of the Company for the Financial Year ended 31st March 2025.
    Ordinary
    99.99% for0.01% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 3.19%

    Turnout: all 50.61% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 66.78% · other public 0.34%

  6. Alteration of Articles of Association of the Company
    Special
    87.54% for12.46% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 41.60% · other public 3.33%

    Turnout: all 50.61% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 66.78% · other public 0.34%

  7. Appointment of Thiru Pratik Tayal, I.A.S., (DIN: 09422959) as a Director
    Ordinary
    99.06% for0.94% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 2.99% · other public 15.80%

    Turnout: all 50.61% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 66.78% · other public 0.34%

  8. Appointment of Thiru T. Anbalagan, I.A.S., (DIN: 10402554) as a Director
    Ordinary
    99.48% for0.52% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 1.58% · other public 15.37%

    Turnout: all 50.61% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 66.78% · other public 0.34%

For and against are per cent of the votes cast. Turnout is the votes cast as a per cent of the shares each group holds. Institutions are funds, insurers, banks and foreign investors. An ordinary resolution passes with more than half the votes cast, a special one with at least three quarters.

How mutual funds voted

Fund houses must disclose how they vote at every meeting of a company they hold.

Mutual fund votes, meeting of 24 Sep 2026, 1 fund house so far (houses' deadline to file 15 Oct 2026)

  • To consider adoption of financial statements for the year ended 31st March 2026.
    1 for0 against
  • Declaration of final dividend of Rs. 4/- (40%) per equity share of Rs. 10/- each.
    1 for0 against
  • Re-appointment of Dr. S Vijayakumar, I.A.S., [DIN: 01764064] as a Director of the company.
    1 for0 against
  • Fixation of Remuneration to the Statutory Auditors M/s. A John Moris and Co, Chartered Accountants.
    1 for0 against
  • Ratification of Remuneration to the Cost Auditors M/s. Geeyes and Co., Cost Accountants.
    1 for0 against

Mutual fund votes, meeting of 30 Jul 2026, 1 fund house so far (houses' deadline to file 15 Oct 2026)

  • Appointment of Thiru R Kannan, I.A.S., (DIN - 08562787) as Director of the Company
    1 for0 against
  • Appointment of Thiru N Venkatesh, I.A.S., (DIN - 06557732) as Director of the Company
    1 for0 against
6 earlier meetings

Mutual fund votes, meeting of 25 Jun 2026, 2 fund houses

  • Appointment of Thiru Kumar Jayant, I.A.S., (DIN: 01820616) as Chairman and Managing Director of the Company.
    2 for0 against
  • Appointment of Dr S Vijayakumar, I.A.S., (DIN:01764064) as Director of the Company
    2 for0 against

Mutual fund votes, meeting of 29 Jan 2026, 2 fund houses

  • Appointment of Thiru Sriganesh Padmanabhan (DIN:01861673) as an Independent Director
    2 for0 against

Mutual fund votes, meeting of 29 Nov 2025, 2 fund houses

  • Appointment of Thiru Mathew Thomas (DIN: 09688311) as an Independent Director of the Company
    2 for0 against

Mutual fund votes, meeting of 18 Sep 2025, 2 fund houses

  • To receive, consider and adopt the Audited Statement of Profit and Loss for the year ended 31st March 2025, the Cash Flow Statement for the year ended 31st March, 2025, the Balance Sheet as at that date and the Reports of the Board of Directors and the Statutory Auditors and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, thereon.MoreLess
    2 for0 against
  • To declare dividend of Rs. 3.00/- (Rupees Three only) (30%) per equity share of Rs. 10.00/- (Rupees Ten only) for the financial year 2024-25.
    2 for0 against
  • To appoint a director in the place of Thiru T Anbalagan, I.A.S., [DIN: 10402554] who retires by rotation and being eligible offers himself for reappointment
    Against ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund
    • ICICI Prudential Mutual FundConsidering the low attendance of Thiru T Anbalagan as director in Board meeting, the AMC has voted against the resolution.
    1 for1 against
  • Fixation of the Auditors Remuneration to M/s. MAHARAJ N R Suresh AND CO LLP Chartered Accountants, Chennai, Statutory Auditors.
    2 for0 against
  • Ratification of Remuneration to the Cost Auditors to M/s. Geeyes & Co. Cost and Management Accountants, Chennai.
    2 for0 against
  • Appointment of Secretarial Auditors M/s. Sridharan & Sridharan Associates, Company Secretaries
    2 for0 against

Mutual fund votes, meeting of 30 Aug 2025, 2 fund houses

  • Re-Appointment of Dr N Sundaradevan, I.A.S., (Retd.) (DIN:00223399) as an Independent Director of the Company - Reg.
    2 for0 against

Mutual fund votes, meeting of 27 Sep 2024, 3 fund houses

  • Adoption of Audited Financial Statements of the Company for the FY 2023-2024, Reports of the Board of Directors and Auditors thereon
    3 for0 against
  • Confirmation of Interim Dividend and Declaration of dividend on equity shares of the Company for the year 2023-24
    3 for0 against
  • Re-appointment of Thiru V. Arun Roy, I.A.S., Director (DIN - 01726117), Director, who retires by rotation
    3 for0 against
  • Approval for fixation of the Remuneration payable to M/s. MAHARAJ N R SURESH AND CO LLP (LLP Registration No.001931S/5000020) Statutory Auditors of the Company.
    3 for0 against
  • Ratification of the Remuneration payable to M/s. S. Mahadevan & Co., (Firm Registration No. 000007) Cost Auditors of the Company for the Financial Year ended 31st March 2025.
    3 for0 against
  • Alteration of Articles of Association of the Company
    Against HDFC Mutual Fund
    • HDFC Mutual FundThe existing AoA has not been disclosed and thus, proposed changes cannot be compared with the last AoA
    2 for1 against
  • Appointment of Thiru Pratik Tayal, I.A.S., (DIN: 09422959) as a Director
    3 for0 against
  • Appointment of Thiru T. Anbalagan, I.A.S., (DIN: 10402554) as a Director
    3 for0 against

Each fund house counted once, from its own disclosure; the reasons are its own words.

Investor complaints and compliance

Quarter by quarter.

Investor complaints received and resolved, the company's own count

  • Received
  • Resolved

Open at the quarter's end

None open at any quarter's end.
The board is made up as the listing rules require
Yes
The board has a regular chairperson
Yes
The company has a risk management committee
No
The chair is related to the managing director
No
The filing has a part on fines and penalties
No
The filing has a part on tax disputes
No
There was a cyber security incident in the quarter
No

The company's own answers in its filing.